18 hurt in bus accident in Tanahun

Kathmandu: 18 people, including four minors, have been injured in a bus plunge at Byas municipality-12 in Tanahun.

According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohan Bahadur Khand, the bus with the registration number plate Ga 2 Kha 1459 en route to Pokhara from Muglin fell off the road in the course of ‘overtaking’ a tipper, it is said.

The injured are Asima Sahi (10 years old) of Bhanu municipality-1, Tanahun; Sabita Sunar (21 ), and Sabina Sunar (19 years old) of Bhanu municipality-3; Pradip Godar (30), of Katahari rural municipality-2, Morang; Suran Rai (40) and Sumitra Rai (50) of Temkemaiyung rural municipality-9 in Bhojpur; Pillimaya Thapa (34) of Byas municipality-2; Gyan Devi Shrestha (52) and Sneha Shrestha (20) of Bandipur rural municipality-1; Anjal Bhattarai (21) of Byas municipality-2; and Purna Bahadur Gurung (41) of Aanbookhaireni rural municipality-5, Tanahu.

Others injured are Babita Thapa (26); Nabin Thapa (30); Durga Thapa (12); Nabina Thapa (7) of Bhanu municipality-1; Dipa Thapa (40) of Byas municipality-2; and Junu Bhattarai (36) and Purnia Bhattarai (8) of Byas municipality-1, Tanahun.

Among the injured, ten are being treated in Damauli Hospital, and the remaining eight in Pokhara-based Manipal Teaching Hospital.

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